Some of you may be aware that AOII has been undergoing some major changes in its organizational structure over the past few years. New regional structure has been piloted in two Beta districts. According to a recent email from AOII Headquarters, “Our goal is to provide our membership with enhanced stability, while empowering our collegiate chapters to increase growth through fully-supported Alumnae Advisory Committees and strong alumnae chapters working in collaboration within their network to maintain lifelong bonds of friendship.”
As a quick overview, the following structure is being proposed:
Today we have 54 Network Specialists (NSs) who work directly with our collegiate and alumnae chapters. We currently utilize 32 Collegiate NSs, 13 Alumnae NSs, and 9 Beta Pilot NSs in addition to our 8 Colony Development NSs. Today’s NSs work with specifically assigned chapters in a generalist role. Our future state will continue to have a Colony Development NS working one-on-one with an assigned chapter; however, we will have 6-8 NSs assigned to each network. These NSs will have specific area of expertise (Recruitment, Leadership, Finance, and Alumnae) and will be deployed as needs and wants are identified. As subject matter experts in their network, they will also be proactive for their area of expertise and collaborate with similar NSs in other networks. We anticipate maintaining the same approximate number of NSs (54).
We will continue to keep you apprised of any further structural developments. Please let any of the Alumnae Executive Board members know if you have any questions or concerns, or if you’d like to receive the full text of the email message from HQ.
– Koren, Programming Co-Chair